Shanghai authorities on Monday put up barriers around a city centre area where hundreds of people protested over the weekend against heavy COVID-19 measures. However, this is one of several demonstrations that have flared across the country. From the streets…
Flights cancelled in China as Covid cases continue to surge
Many airports across China have cancelled the majority of their flights due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. China’s state newspaper, Global Times, reported on Thursday. The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, which had a particularly bad…
Library use plummeted in 2021, but e-visits showed 18% rise during lockdown
The number of in-person visits to public libraries plummeted by 159m last year, as the pandemic forced branches to close around the country. Annual figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa) show physical library visits fell…
Spend more time in nature to lose weight and slow ageing -science
Walking, cycling and running outdoors all became more popular over last year’s lockdown. As exercising outdoors became more commonplace when gyms were forced to shut their doors, people realised how good it feels to get out in nature. Not only…
India to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus cases decline to lowest in two months
India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday (June 6), the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts of the country prepared to ease movement restrictions. India has the world’s second-largest number of coronavirus…
Thousands party at Liverpool nightclub in trial reopening from Covid lockdown
Thousands of young people partied at a nightclub in Liverpool on Friday, part of a government-backed trial to restart mass audience events as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further in England. Around 3,000 revellers aged 18 to 20 danced to pounding…
They raped me out of “kindness” so I gave them HIV in return for their ‘kindness’
There are brothers and they claimed to be my friends but some friends sha. They are my neighbours who claimed all they were offering me was kindness but they will suffer for what they did to me; this is only…
FG refutes lockdown rumour
The federal government has refuted the rumour making the rounds that it has imposed another lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has reportedly entered a second wave in the country and spreading dangerously. The National Coordinator, Presidential Task…
Banks attract N37tn deposits despite COVID-19 disruptions
Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 and the attendant lockdown, the nine months 2020 financial results of 13 commercial banks have shown that they raked in a total of N36.759 trillion as customers’ deposits. This represented an increase of…
I will be eating Indomie for Christmas because…
I told my parents I was going to school and indeed, I was at school…for a period even before Covid-19. I left school before the lockdown, at that time, I went to visit a friend of mine whose ex-boyfriend had…
